Category: 2017

2017 North American Heartland Owners Rally – Goshen

rig weighing service

We are pleased to announce that the Recreational Vehicle Safety Education Foundation (RVSEF) will be joining us for the rally.

Services provided are:
– Rig Weighing, June 6-18 ($60 cash or check)
– Tire Weight and Tire Safety presentation

Questions?  Contact the weigh team as follows:
Bob Frizzell
513-268-6781
bobsherry97@gmail.com

Follow this link to view/download the Weighing flier.

Follow this link to view/download the RVSEF Trailer & Tow Vehicle Homework Sheet.  The RVSEF requires you to complete this document prior to getting weighed.  Please print it now, complete it and bring it to the rally to hand in at time of weigh.

Follow this link to SIGNUP IN ADVANCE to be weighed.

Follow this link to the forum discussion thread for this item.

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2017 North American Heartland Owners Rally – Goshen

SERVICE FORM IS NOW CLOSED

Minor service work

For this rally, you are allowed to submit 2 minor service requests and Heartland will make “best efforts” to get to these.

WHAT WE CAN DO
We can do minor service work only (repair, replacement and adjustment of small items)

WHAT WE CANNOT DO
– Major service work
– Repair/replace things like awnings, steps, windows, air
conditioners, furnaces, water heaters, stoves, refers etc.
– Drop underbellies, repair / replace tanks or tank valves

COST
There will be no charge to you for your two approved minor service items

WHEN
Service work begins first thing Monday morning June 12th and continues through Friday afternoon, June 16th unless all work is completed earlier

WHERE
Service work will be performed on your rig “at your rally site”.

SIGN-UP FORM
We’ve created a sign-up form that we need you to complete if you wish to have Minor Service work performed. Your requests will be reviewed and the status will be communicated back to you.
Sign-Up Form Link

SERVICE FORM IS NOW CLOSED

OPTIONS
Do you have warranty or non-warranty items that are not minor? Do you have some RV improvements you want made? Our local dealer, Tiara RV Sales and Service is ready to discuss these needs with you. Tiara RV has extended Heartland RV Owners a discounted shop rate, therefore is separate and not related to Heartland’s Minor Rally Service work.
Learn more in this document > (link).

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2017 North American Heartland Owners Rally – Goshen

A word about your Rally Passport…

The Elkhart County 4H Fairgrounds is a very large property and is open daily for both public and private events. Most of our rally activities will be held in the ECCC building that we call our Rally Hall. However, we will have some activities in other buildings and a few outdoor locations throughout the property.

To ensure our rally functions remain private, open only to rally attendees, we ask that you wear your Rally Passport when out and about the Fairgrounds property. Your Rally Passport consists of a color printed plastic badge and a blue lanyard. They are meant to be worn around your neck, with the badge in the front.

A Rally Passport and lanyard has been included in your rally bag, one for each registered rally attendee. Below is an image of the passport.

In addition to your Rally Passport, kindly wear your Club Member Badge during pre-rally and rally functions so other attendees may know who you are and make your acquaintance.

Follow this link to the Rally Credentials flier.

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2017 North American Heartland Owners Rally – Goshen

HEARTLAND MARKETPLACE

The Heartland Marketplace is our Vendor Hall and then some.  This year, we’ll have a large number of RV and RV lifestyle related products and service being represented by vendors both indoors (Sheep-Swine building on Maple Street) and outdoors in Carnival area (south end of Locust Street)

Indoor Marketplace

Location
Sheep-Swine building on the east side of Maple Street, right behind the Rally Hall (ECCC building)

Dates / Times
Tuesday – Friday, June 13-16, 8 am to 4 pm

Outdoor Marketplace

Location
Carnival area at the south end of Locust Street at the intersection of Ring Road

Dates / Times
Tuesday – Friday, June 13-16, 8 am to 4 pm

Vendor Listing

Follow this link to the Heartland Marketplace guide to learn who will be vending with us

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2017 North American Heartland Owners Rally – Goshen

Pre-Rally Tours and Activities

We are holding a 7-day Pre-Rally (June 6th – June 12th) for those who can come to Goshen early.  Rally attendees will be able to sign up for the Pre-Rally and Pre-Rally Tours and Activities at the same time they register for the Rally.

You do not need to commit to all 7 days of the Pre-Rally.  You’ll choose your Pre-Rally arrival date during the registration process.

Pre-Rally is a great time to arrive, get settled into your site, meet your neighbors, check out the area, and take in some of the planned, optional Pre-Rally Tours and Activities.  If you plan to take in any of the Technical or Lifestyle presentations during the rally, you will definitely want to arrive at least 1-day prior to the start of the Rally as Rally activities begin first thing Tuesday morning, June 13.

Pre-Rally Dates: Tuesday, June 6 through Monday, June 12.

Pre-Rally Daily Schedule

Tuesday, June 6

• RV Weighing (details)
• RV Washing (details)
• Mastering Your RV – a 3-day RV maintenance course put on by Mobile RV Academy (details)

Wednesday, June 7

• RV Weighing (details)
• RV Washing (details)
• Mastering Your RV – a 3-day RV maintenance course put on by Mobile RV Academy (details)

Thursday, June 8

• RV Weighing (details)
• RV Washing (details)
• Mastering Your RV – a 3-day RV maintenance course put on by Mobile RV Academy (details)
• Tour: Amish Countryside – an all day tour, by bus – $24 pp (details)
• Tour: South Bend – an all day tour, by bus – $62 pp (details)

Friday, June 9

• RV Weighing (details)
• RV Washing (details)
• Tour: Amish Countryside* – an all day tour, by bus – $45 pp (details)
• Tour: South Bend* – an all day tour, by bus – $62 pp (details)

Saturday, June 10

• RV Weighing (details)
• RV Washing (details)
• Amish Home Dinner – a real Amish dinner at the home of an Amish family – $21 pp (details)

Sunday, June 11

• RV Weighing (details)
• RV Washing (details)
• Cooks Bison Ranch – a tour of a working Bison ranch and lunch – $20 pp (details)

Monday, June 12

• RV Weighing (details)
• RV Washing (details)
• Golf Outing (details)
• Chili Dogs “Meet and Greet” (details)

The Amish Countryside and South Bend tours are inclusive of bus transportation, a step-on tour guide, all tour entrance fees and in some cases, lunch.

REGISTRATION AND TICKETS
Each tour / activity will be priced “Per Person”.  Advance registration and payment using the rally registration system will be required.  Rally attendees will be able to register for pre-rally tours and activities during the “rally registration process”.

TOUR CANCELLATION / REFUND STATEMENT
As we will be paying in advance for tour buses, tour guides and in some cases, admission for ticketed events, NO REFUNDS will be issued for these tours. If your plans change such that you cannot attended a Pre-Rally tour that you’ve registered and paid for, we encourage you to gift this to another rally attendee.  Give them your tour tickets and let Club Manager, Julie Hancock (email link) know the names of the people who will be taking your place.

“On Your Own” – Activity Planning Resources

In addition to all 7 Pre-Rally days, we will have some “open periods” during the rally to afford rally attendees more opportunities to “do their own thing” without having to miss any Rally items.

Some sights and activities in and around Elkhart County require advance planning and tickets, while others require no planning and are free.  Below are a couple of resources to consider when planning your non-rally activities.

Resources for Area Points of Interests

AmishCountry.org

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2017 North American Heartland Owners Rally – Goshen

Wake Up Workout

with Ann Mayer

Begin your day with a fun, low impact, exercise class that will be over before you can start whining 🙂

Who: All are welcome
When: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday mornings
Time: 8:30 – 9:00 AM (arrive by 8:25)
Where: Meet at the Nelson’s Pavilion
(Locust Street near the clock tower)
Wear: Comfortable clothes & sneakers
Bring: (optional – more info below) Your Trekking Poles and stay
for the next class!

Follow this link to view the Wake Up Workout flier.  A final version of the flier will be included with your rally packets.

Pole Trekking

with Ann Mayer

Who: Anyone who can walk
When: Daily, Tuesday – Friday, June 13-16
Time: 9:00 – 9:30 AM (arrive by 8:55)
Where: Meet at the Nelson’s Pavilion
(Locust Street near the clock tower)
Wear: Comfortable clothes & sneakers
Bring: 2 Trekking Poles

Follow this link to view the Pole Trekking flier.  A final version of the flier will be included with your rally packets.

Follow this link to the forum discussion thread for this item.

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2017 North American Heartland Owners Rally – Goshen

First-timers Orientation Meeting

There are over 500 attendees registered for the 2017 North American Heartland Owners Rally in Goshen, Indiana. For more than 200 attendees, this will be their “first ever” Goshen rally.

For our First-time Goshen Rally attendees, we’ll be holding a brief, yet informative meeting to orient the first-timers to the rally and the venue.

While this meeting is completely optional, all Goshen first-timers are cordially invited to attend this meeting.

Who:    First-time Goshen Rally attendees
What:   Rally / Venue Orientation Meeting for “Goshen” First-timers
When:  Monday, June 12th at 1 pm
Where: In the rally hall (large room in the ECCC building near the
front of the venue)

If you plan to attend this meeting, please:

• If included in your rally bag, add your “First Goshen Rally” hanger bar to your Club Badges
• Wear your club badges to the meeting
• Bring all of your rally paperwork to the meeting
• Bring a note pad and pen to the meeting to make notes

Follow this link to view the flier for this meeting.

Follow this link to the forum discussion thread for this item.

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2017 North American Heartland Owners Rally – Goshen

Lifestyle and Technical Presentations

Coordinators
Technical: Jim Beletti (contact)
Lifestyle: Emily Rohrer (contact)

TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS
We’re lining up vendors, trainers and teachers to present up to 25 Technical sessions on the various products and systems on your coach.  Plan to make several of these sessions to learn more about care, use and maintenance of your coach.

Follow this link (PDF) to view the latest version of the Technical Presentation schedule.  A final version will be included with your rally packet.

Follow this forum link to discuss Technical Presentations.

LIFESTYLE PRESENTATIONS
We’re lining up club members and trainers to present up to 25 Lifestyle sessions.  Some sessions will be RV kitchen related and how to get the most from your RV kitchen.  Most sessions will be presented by club members on hobbies, crafts, skills and other areas that interest them and may interest you!  If you want to learn what fellow club members enjoy doing while on the road or at home, plan to make several of these sessions and learn about interesting ways to spend your leisure time.

Follow this link (PDF) to view the “latest” version of the Lifestyle Presentation schedule.  A final version will be included with your rally packet.

Follow this Forum link to discuss Lifestyle Presentations.

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2017 North American Heartland Owners Rally – Goshen

Cancellation Policy
Registered rally attendees may cancel their registration at any time for any reason.

Cancellations received through May 13, 2017 will be refunded less a non-refundable fee of $50.

Refunds cannot be made for cancellations made after May 13, 2017 for any reason.

Changes and Cancellation Process

Cancellation is done in the “Review/Edit your Rally Information” area of the online system.

Follow this link to log into your Rally Registration site, then:

1. Click on the Register Now button
2. Add the email address used when you registered for the rally initially and click Continue
3. Add the password used when you registered for the rally initially and click Continue
4. Depending on what changes you need to make, click on Personal Information, Agenda or Campground
5. Make your changes and click Continue
6. You’ll be taken back to the Personal Information, Agenda or Campground choices.  If done, click Continue, then on the next page, click Finish.  Otherwise, make additional changes as needed in the other sections, then click  Continue and Finish.

If you’re not able to cancel online, simply email our Club Manager, Julie Hancock at club@heartlandowners.org.  Refunds, where applicable, will be processed automatically.

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2017 North American Heartland Owners Rally – Goshen

2017 North American
Heartland Owners Rally
Goshen, Indiana

Please note: There are a total of 259 Reservations available. Selecting a NO RV registration is included in total registrations and DOES NOT free up a site to be taken by someone else.